LEARN/CREATE (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

7:00 am

Ask This Old House"Replacing A Leaky Skylight/Repairing A Noisy Toilet"
Tommy and Kevin replace a leaky skylight. Richard repairs a noisy toilet. And the guys ask, "What is it?". D

7:30 am

The Woodwright's Shop"Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz"
Learn how to make gleaming surfaces, tight joints and crisp moldings through perfect planing. D

8:00 am

Growing a Greener World"Organic Pest Control"
As gardeners, weekend warriors and even commercial growers are turning to more eco-friendly practices, one solution for pest control has been with us since the beginning of time. Just as nature intended, biological control, using natural predators and insects to keeps pests in check, is gaining ground as the eco-friendly method of choice. This episode looks at finding and promoting natural predators in the garden and also discusses incorporating natural bacteria and plant derivatives when a bug problem gets out of hand. D

8:30 am

Katie Brown Workshop"A Weekend Agenda"
Katie makes the most of those two treasured days - in the garden, around the house and in the kitchen. Recipes: poached eggs with pesto and coconut cookies. Projects: a personalized weeding bucket and an album to organize photo CDs. D

9:00 am

Sewing with Nancy"Innovative Bags & Totes, Part 2"
Use savvy techniques for both decorative and functional changes to your bag patterns. Tweak your bag patterns to make them more innovative. Learn a smocking technique achieved with yo-yo makers, add a secure zipper closure to an open-top tote, change your bag into a backpack, or add a drawcord top to your tote. D

Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science"Session 7. Our Nearest Neighbor: The Moon"
Why is the Moon, our nearest neighbor in the solar system, so different from the Earth? In this session, participants explore the complex connections between the Earth and Moon, the origin of the Moon, and the roles played by gravity and collisions in the Earth. D

12:00 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Atmospheric Pollution"
Once released, air pollutants react chemically with each other under solar radiation to become even more dangerous secondary pollutants. A company in the Northeast U.S. tracks the emission of pollutants at street level, while an international long-term study follows plumes of pollution from Mexico City across the continent and beyond. D

12:30 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Earth's Changing Climate"
Tropical glaciers are the world's thermometers; their melting is a signal that human activities are warming the planet. A California project tries to predict whether natural ecosystems will be able to absorb enough additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the next 50 years to mitigate the full impact of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. D

1:00 pm

Habitable Planet, The"Looking Forward: Our Global Experiment"
Earth's essential systems are being stressed in many ways. There are many tipping points in the environment, beyond which there could be serious consequences. Will human ingenuity, resiliency, and cooperation save us from the worst outcomes of our global experiment?. D

1:30 pm

Critical Issues In School Reform"Stories of Public Engagement: Patrick O'hearn School"
A Boston elementary school has enhanced student success through close cooperation with families. D

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12"Population and Resource Distribution"
Becky Forristal teaches seventhgrade economics at Rockwood Valley Middle School, 20 miles outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her lesson focuses on a population simulation that explores world economics, demonstrating the inequalities in land, food, energy, and wealth distribution in the world today. D

3:30 pm

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12"Landmark Supreme Court Cases"
Wendy Ewbank teaches seventh and eighth grade at Madrona School in Bellevue, Washington. In a civics lesson on landmark Supreme Court cases, the students focus on the tension between the rights of the individual and the good of society. In the lesson, students work in groups, presenting various cases to the class in the form of a press conference. D

4:00 pm

Hands On Crafts for Kids"School Days"
This show features three ways to make your backpack fun, cool pouches for your locker, an apple trivet for the teacher, and a first day of school journal featuring a phone app. D

4:30 pm

Signing Time!"My Favorite Things"
Alex, Leah and Hopkins share signs for colors of the rainbow, yummy fruits and vegetables, and activities such as singing, dancing and jumping. D

Martha Stewart's Cooking School"Poaching"
Because poached meats are moist and tender yet still mild in flavor, they work well as the basis for numerous salads, soups and light suppers. They're also famously low in fat. Martha begins this lesson by showing how one of the most healthful and versatile preparations - simply poached chicken breast - can be incorporated into all-American chicken salad sandwiches as well as a Cobb salad. D

6:30 pm

Cooking with Nick Stellino"Seafood Made Simple"
A great dish does not have to be difficult to make in order to taste great! Fresh ingredients and simple techniques are at the core of these fabulously, delicious recipes. Chef Stellino visits the green grocer and prepares Grilled Shrimp with Stewed Peppers and a Salad with Tuna, Tomatoes, Olives & Capers. D

7:00 pm

Ask This Old House"Replacing A Leaky Skylight/Repairing A Noisy Toilet"
Tommy and Kevin replace a leaky skylight. Richard repairs a noisy toilet. And the guys ask, "What is it?". D

7:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Paris: Regal and Intimate"
Rick cruises the Seine River, visits Napoleon's tomb, and takes in the Louvre. He also shops in village-like neighborhoods, attends church in a grand pipe organ loft, and celebrates with a big, patriotic Bastille Day bang.G

8:00 pm

Rudy Maxa's World"Food, Drink & Place"
At Istanbul's Spice Market, persimmons are split open, their insides resembling melting rubies. Brown-gold paprika is carefully molded into the shape of a pyramid. Cinnamon, cumin, ginger, and cardamom infuse the air with the fragrance of the East. D

Pati's Mexican Table"Avocado"
Pati shows viewers how to pick and prime the perfect avocado, then walks them through three great recipes: Avocado and Hearts of Palm Chop Chop Salad; Pepitos: Steak and Avocado Sandwich on Crusty Bread; Coconut and Avocado Ice Cream. D

10:00 pm

Cooking Odyssey"Trikala"
Chef Yianni explores the monasteries of Meteora that seem to be suspended in air dances at a Greek festival in Trikala and demonstrates how to make Hortopita, Souvlakia, and Tzatziki. D

10:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Paris: Regal and Intimate"
Rick cruises the Seine River, visits Napoleon's tomb, and takes in the Louvre. He also shops in village-like neighborhoods, attends church in a grand pipe organ loft, and celebrates with a big, patriotic Bastille Day bang.G

11:00 pm

Theater Talk
We focus on The Landing, a new musical by veteran composer John Kander and writer Greg Pierce who join us on the program along with the production's director Walter Bobbie and one quarter of its cast, actor David Hyde Pierce. Next we focus on Broadway's upcoming production of Macbeth at The Vivian Beaumont Theater. Suzy Evans of Backstage joins Susan Haskins in Lincoln Center's main rehearsal room where they interview members of the creative team and cast of this new take on Shakespeare's gruesome tragedy including Ethan Hawke who plays the title role. D

11:30 pm

Closer to Truth"Is The Universe Religiously Ambiguous?"
Does God exist or not exist? How can so many people be so absolutely sure-either way? But maybe that's the point! Maybe "God" and "No God" are both defensible. What would that mean?. D